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Upgraded from 128 to 256 RAM and still no way to back up DVD
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Peterlips
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12. April 2005 @ 14:51 |
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Hey Guys,
West Virginia might have the image as, POOR,REDNECK,2-TEETH,STUPID,RACIST,etc. If you want the truth --ALL OF YOU HAVE A HOME AND A FRIEND IN WV, How many people offer this ? We may not have a beach or a skyscraper, but I promise if you visit our tourist spots (Which I might ADD, are all over this state) You will wish you had a home here. Hell, I've been everywhere ( L.A. to Miami Beach,FL) and yet to meet the finest 2- teeth, sister-loving, WELFARE, 4x4 truck driving,Bingo playin', Get-R-Dun, Dumb-ass bunch of HILLBILLY HEROIN( Oxycodin)users--(HA_HA)----BUT YOU KNOW WHAT???
You will never meet a finer bunch of people with a BEAUTIFUL state and slow-paced living!! I thank all of you who have supported me so I would not disappear from Afterdawn.com. Today,I made a back-up of more than 12 dvd's and if it were not for you people(EXCLUDING: Gringle) I would still be waiting for info or HELP--Thanks everyone-- I appreciate all help-- Hey, I'm in West Virginia and we just got internet service--DO NOT BLAME ME!!!!HGAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAH--Peter
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Gringle
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12. April 2005 @ 15:00 |
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Prat..LOL
gringle
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brobear
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12. April 2005 @ 15:02 |
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Pulsar,
Without going into a lot of detail, 1.5GB RAM is more than enough for most applications. In fact that's a lot more than the capacity of a lot of PCs and about 3 times the norm for current factory PCs. Most of those are coming stock with about 512MB of RAM on the better units. If you're wanting to spend money to purchase 3 1GB modules of high quality RAM, you should be considering a faster CPU along with one of the later mobos and chipsets to utilize it. I'd go with the sensible upgrade and invest the big bucks on a custom build. Just think of those dual processor CPUs that'll be available soon.
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12. April 2005 @ 15:23 |
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I am looking into building my third PC, 64bit, with SLI MOBO. The chips are too expensive for what I really would like (4000 min)! I am not sure which MOBO I would choose. I think ASUS. It would cost a fortune as I would want to have 2 6800 cards bridged together.
Maybe next year.
My MOBO is nearly maxxed out. Memory is the only way to go. I am not sure how much of an improvement 3gig of mem would show in my gaming. Building your own is the ONLY way to do it. My brother is a software engineer & is a wealth of information. I have learnt most of it from my friends & learning the hard way.
It has got to a point where I do have to start again, but am reluctant to spend more (I reckon 5000+ dollars so far) It is just ridiculous! Again, it is a good excuse for my parts to be passed down to my other PC! Hence I may get 3gig memory.
I am not too bothered what bonehead shops want to sell people. As far as I am concerned shops are a complete bunch of amateurs. Ask them how to clock a graphics card, most do not have a clue.
I like lots of power at hand, it makes the whole job go a lot smoother!
Appreciate your input Brobear, it is always welcome.
Kind regards,
Pulsar
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12. April 2005 @ 15:26 |
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Peterlips, good to see you back, in fine fettle too! Keep up the good work.
Pulsar
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ddp
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12. April 2005 @ 15:28 |
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Peterlips, told you you wouldn't get banned!!
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brobear
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12. April 2005 @ 16:09 |
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Pulsar
If gaming is your main concern, the race for improvements in that category is the improvement in the graphics processing. A good card could run about $500 or more. ATI and nVidia are keeping in good competition. Alienware, known for top gaming PCs only puts 1GB of RAM in their $2900 7500 Aurora. They've got it $500 off now, so it's only $2400 for now. For graphics processing it uses a Dual NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3. Take a look at it, it may give you some ideas. http://www.alienware.com/product_pages/desktop_all_gaming.aspx
If gaming is what you want to do, upping the RAM to 3GB isn't going to help as much as investing in the top of the line graphics processor. Your money though if you want to max out your RAM. Get SiSoft Sandra or another utility and do a benchmark test for your system and see how much of an improvement you get with the increased RAM. That will tell you if you invested wisely or not.
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12. April 2005 @ 16:18 |
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I have a 6800 Gt & the results I have got are pretty good so far. To get better results I really need a 6800 ultra. Not yet though!!!!Brobear, cheers mate, you're a star!
Pulsar
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brobear
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12. April 2005 @ 16:41 |
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3Dlabs WildCat Realizm 800 Video Card, 640MB DDR3, 256-bit, Dual DVI/Stereo Glasses Connector Now that is an interesting little card, though a bit pricey at $2000. Just kidding with that one. Check out this site. Makes the gamer dream while rambling through the components. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?Submit=list&catalog=48&DEPA=0&Order=priceD&CMP=KNC-0vertur3. You hit on your solution earlier. You're going to have to go to a newer system to really notice any big improvements. I still say to save the money on the expensive RAM for your current system and up to the newer sytem. With ample memory, gaming is all about processing and the speed is in the faster chipsets, CPUs and graphics processors. Don't get me wrong, the newer system needs some good RAM to make things work well. Invest wisely the first time you purchase RAM for it, it saves waste later. Glad I'm not in that speed race. It gets expensive quickly and stays that way.
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zenarrrow
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12. April 2005 @ 19:04 |
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Hey, Peterlips I live in wyoming so I haven't much room to talk. Glad to see your sence of humor come through. We still have the Fagarri indians that live hear every once in a while they will ambush the pony express. If you are lucky you can see one of them standing on a hill with his hand over his brow blocking the sun from his eyes saying "we're the fagarri? Wer're the fagarri?" Cheers ---zen-->
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12. April 2005 @ 23:12 |
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wow, the most advanced graphics card i ever bought was a 2nd hand Gefore mx400 or something.. Now i just use onboard video which plays dvds perfectly and i don't play pc games any more so i'm happy. I have however finally gone back to XP and bought a bigger hard drive so my PC can once again hold it's head up in public :)
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13. April 2005 @ 01:48 |
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XP Pro is the most stable I've used , so I'd say 'good choice' Creaky B
And as for having a bigger HDD , we can never have enough spare space eh :-)
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13. April 2005 @ 01:54 |
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yup, i've been suffering on 20Gb for far too long.
'we can never have enough spare space' - been telling my boss that for 5yrs, hang on, since the day i started lol. I rejig our SAN (each of its disks are a paltry 73GB) more often than a rejigged thing as we've never got enough blumming space :)
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13. April 2005 @ 08:40 |
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Well for instance if you were to use DVD2SVCD (utilising CCE SP as encoder) it'd probably eat up aropund 15Gb ... can leave ppl a little short if they didn't know it was gonna do that in the first place : )
Always better to have too much , than too little (lol)
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brobear
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13. April 2005 @ 10:11 |
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I'm thinking of adding more and I have over 300GB of HDD space already. Seems the more you have the more you want to store. Besides DVD2SVCD that supports CCE there is the Rebuilder program that uses it as well. That program also uses Pro Coder which is a real space hog. You can end up using near 20GB during a backup session with that one, or that is what I've heard. The RB/CCE is plenty hungry itself. You have to have space for those big 8GB DVDs and then room for the output and associated folders, about another 7GB or so. That's not counting the temp space used on the HDD while the program is working.
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13. April 2005 @ 17:16 |
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I remember one of my first Hi Tech IBM computers. It had a 40mb HD and that was big at that time. The days of Dosshell and floppies.
Jerry
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ddp
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13. April 2005 @ 17:28 |
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mine was a 105meg rodime scsi hd. the control card was about $3-400Can.
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13. April 2005 @ 23:43 |
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I remember my first job where our Production Mainframe system (Tandem Nonstop which some of you US guys might have heard of) filled half the floor i worked on. Better still this system had Winchester (i'm sure they were 128MB or something daft) hard discs that you spun down and changed for another disc (these disk cabs were the size of small washing machines and we had a room of them). Now my main Production system is a wimpy Sun E10K and 8TB of disk - both could fit in a garage!
God i feel old now!
And i've moved into the 21st century as i've plumped for a 120GB drive at last.. my 20GB needed retiring..
and my case only holds one internal drive. Have put the old faithful 20gigger into one of my slooow usb2 enclosures so it doesn't feel too lonely.
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20. April 2005 @ 02:03 |
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Hmmm... Computers taking up the space of an entire building. A terminal in cabinets filling an entire room with tape reels spinning. Techs in lab coats (and the ubiquitous pocket protectors) carrying reels. Did I see a slide rule? What are those? An old Sci Fi flick or reality? Ask a computer guru from the '70s. That was before the advent of PCs and our current super calculators. Me, I'm glad I'm not that old... LOL
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20. April 2005 @ 02:34 |
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Quote:
Me, I'm glad I'm not that old... LOL
1975 NonStop I ? running on the Guardian Operating System
1981 NonStop II
1983 NonStop TXP
1986 NonStop VLX and CLX
1989 NonStop Cyclone
1991 NonStop Cyclone/R and CLXR
1993 NonStop Himalaya ? also known as the S-Series
lmao, have used all except the first one, tho i shouldn't laugh, sat here with tired eyes in front of my 2 screens at 1280x1024 resolution. I miss my green screen monitors :)
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brobear
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22. April 2005 @ 19:06 |
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How about the old green screen portables? LOL That meant the table or cabinet with the monitor and equipment had wheels. Actually the monitor and case with the PC and keyboard would latch together, but it would give a strong man a hernia to try to carry the thing around much.
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